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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17
June 2019 to Question 263906 on Police: Disciplinary Proceedings, what steps he is
taking to ensure that the package of measures have been designed to ensure that investigations
and proceedings are brought to a conclusion in a timely and proportionate way; and
if he will make a statement.

<p>The Government has developed a comprehensive package of police integrity reforms
following two independent reviews and public consultations, and extensive consultation
with policing stakeholders. An impact assessment was published during the passage
of the Policing and Crime Act 2017.</p><p>Following the introduction of public misconduct
hearings in public, with legally qualified chairs (2015), the Government has extended
the police discipline system to former officers and introduced the police barred list
(December 2017). In January 2018, reforms to the Independent Police Complaints Commission
(IPCC) were implemented, streamlining decision-making and creating the Independent
Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Investigation times have fallen since these changes
were introduced.</p><p>The next phase of reforms will build on these changes, overhauling
the police complaints and discipline systems. Changes to simplify processes, for example
when making decisions on a case to answer, will make the system more efficient and
the police and IOPC will be required to provide a written explanation if an investigation
goes beyond 12 months and set out next steps. The police discipline system is being
reformed to make it more transparent, including requiring more information to be provided
to officers under investigation, and focusing it more on conduct that would warrant
a disciplinary sanction, establishing a more proportionate process for matters that
fall below that threshold</p><p><br>These reforms will be introduced when Parliamentary
time allows.</p>

<p>We are aware that increased demand has had an impact on short term appointment
availability which means customers might not always be able to book an appointment
at their earliest convenience.</p><p>We are working with Sopra Steria Limited (SSL)
as a matter of priority on a number of actions to increase the capacity at service
points and we expect availability to increase shortly. These measures include; six
additional service points in Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff and
Exeter in May and June. SSL are also increasing appointments offered to customers
across a number of existing sites and have reduced the cost of out of hours appointments
to £50 in the Croydon service point. Charges in other core sites currently range from
£75 to £100, but we will continue to monitor prices and customer demand.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers,
(b) police constables, (c) police community support officers and (d) special constables
there were in each police force area in each year since 2010.

<p>The Home Office collects and publishes data bi-annually on the number of police
officers, Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and Special Constables, by Police
Force Area, as part of the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins.</p><p>Data
on the number of Officers, by Police Force Area and by rank, the number of PCSOs and
Special constables, for each Police Force in England and Wales, going back to March
2007, can be found in the Open Data Tables published alongside the release:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods</a></p><p>The
latest published figures, representing the picture as at 30 September 2018, can be
accessed in the accompanying data tables here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2018</a></p><p><br>The
next release of ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ is scheduled for publication
on Thursday 18 July 2019, and will cover the situation as at 31 March 2019.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is
taking to ensure that more victims of transgender and sexual orientation hate crimes
feel comfortable coming forward to report those crimes.

<p>In October 2018 the Government published Action Against Hate: the Government’s
plan for tackling hate crime – two years on. Two key themes of the action plan are
encouraging reporting and increasing support to victims.</p><p>The Action Plan includes
a number of commitments that are addressing all forms of hate crime, including a review
of hate crime legislation by the Law Commission which commenced earlier this year,
a public awareness campaign which has run twice, and the current Online Harms White
Paper con-sultation.</p><p>There are also a number of specific commitments addressing
homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime, which have been informed by the Government’s
2018 LGBT Action Plan. These include: the Crown Prosecution Service working with partners
to improve the recording and monitoring of equalities data for LGBT victims of hate
crime and reviewing and refreshing its LGBT Hate Crime Schools Pack; further Government
Equalities Office funding for anti-bullying interventions in schools from March 2019
to March 2020; support from the Home Office to the police to improve training in responding
to victims; multiple Home Office funded projects aimed at tackling homophobic, biphobic
and transphobic hate crime; and continued engage-ment with LBGT stakeholders.</p>

<p>In October 2018 the Government published Action Against Hate: the Government’s
plan for tackling hate crime – two years on. Two key themes of the action plan are
encouraging reporting and increasing support to victims.</p><p>The Action Plan includes
a number of commitments that are addressing all forms of hate crime, including a review
of hate crime legislation by the Law Commission which commenced earlier this year,
a public awareness campaign which has run twice, and the current Online Harms White
Paper con-sultation.</p><p>There are also a number of specific commitments addressing
homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime, which have been informed by the Government’s
2018 LGBT Action Plan. These include: the Crown Prosecution Service working with partners
to improve the recording and monitoring of equalities data for LGBT victims of hate
crime and reviewing and refreshing its LGBT Hate Crime Schools Pack; further Government
Equalities Office funding for anti-bullying interventions in schools from March 2019
to March 2020; support from the Home Office to the police to improve training in responding
to victims; multiple Home Office funded projects aimed at tackling homophobic, biphobic
and transphobic hate crime; and continued engage-ment with LBGT stakeholders.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17
June 2019 to Question 263906 on Police: Disciplinary Proceedings, what reforms to
the police complaints and discipline systems have been made to date.

<p>The Government has developed a comprehensive package of police integrity reforms
following two independent reviews and public consultations, and extensive consultation
with policing stakeholders. An impact assessment was published during the passage
of the Policing and Crime Act 2017.</p><p>Following the introduction of public misconduct
hearings in public, with legally qualified chairs (2015), the Government has extended
the police discipline system to former officers and introduced the police barred list
(December 2017). In January 2018, reforms to the Independent Police Complaints Commission
(IPCC) were implemented, streamlining decision-making and creating the Independent
Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Investigation times have fallen since these changes
were introduced.</p><p>The next phase of reforms will build on these changes, overhauling
the police complaints and discipline systems. Changes to simplify processes, for example
when making decisions on a case to answer, will make the system more efficient and
the police and IOPC will be required to provide a written explanation if an investigation
goes beyond 12 months and set out next steps. The police discipline system is being
reformed to make it more transparent, including requiring more information to be provided
to officers under investigation, and focusing it more on conduct that would warrant
a disciplinary sanction, establishing a more proportionate process for matters that
fall below that threshold</p><p><br>These reforms will be introduced when Parliamentary
time allows.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17
June 2019 to Question 263906 on Police: Disciplinary Proceedings, when the delivery
of the package of measures will be completed.

<p>The Government has developed a comprehensive package of police integrity reforms
following two independent reviews and public consultations, and extensive consultation
with policing stakeholders. An impact assessment was published during the passage
of the Policing and Crime Act 2017.</p><p>Following the introduction of public misconduct
hearings in public, with legally qualified chairs (2015), the Government has extended
the police discipline system to former officers and introduced the police barred list
(December 2017). In January 2018, reforms to the Independent Police Complaints Commission
(IPCC) were implemented, streamlining decision-making and creating the Independent
Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Investigation times have fallen since these changes
were introduced.</p><p>The next phase of reforms will build on these changes, overhauling
the police complaints and discipline systems. Changes to simplify processes, for example
when making decisions on a case to answer, will make the system more efficient and
the police and IOPC will be required to provide a written explanation if an investigation
goes beyond 12 months and set out next steps. The police discipline system is being
reformed to make it more transparent, including requiring more information to be provided
to officers under investigation, and focusing it more on conduct that would warrant
a disciplinary sanction, establishing a more proportionate process for matters that
fall below that threshold</p><p><br>These reforms will be introduced when Parliamentary
time allows.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17
June 2019 to Question 263906 on Police: Disciplinary Proceedings, what assessment
he has made of how the package of measures will make the police complaints and discipline
systems more transparent, efficient and proportionate.

<p>The Government has developed a comprehensive package of police integrity reforms
following two independent reviews and public consultations, and extensive consultation
with policing stakeholders. An impact assessment was published during the passage
of the Policing and Crime Act 2017.</p><p>Following the introduction of public misconduct
hearings in public, with legally qualified chairs (2015), the Government has extended
the police discipline system to former officers and introduced the police barred list
(December 2017). In January 2018, reforms to the Independent Police Complaints Commission
(IPCC) were implemented, streamlining decision-making and creating the Independent
Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Investigation times have fallen since these changes
were introduced.</p><p>The next phase of reforms will build on these changes, overhauling
the police complaints and discipline systems. Changes to simplify processes, for example
when making decisions on a case to answer, will make the system more efficient and
the police and IOPC will be required to provide a written explanation if an investigation
goes beyond 12 months and set out next steps. The police discipline system is being
reformed to make it more transparent, including requiring more information to be provided
to officers under investigation, and focusing it more on conduct that would warrant
a disciplinary sanction, establishing a more proportionate process for matters that
fall below that threshold</p><p><br>These reforms will be introduced when Parliamentary
time allows.</p>

<p>The Home Office does not centrally hold the information requested.</p><p>From April
2017 the Home Office requested information on a voluntary basis from the police on
the number of individuals released on pre-charge bail, broken down by bail length.
Data, from a subset of 17 forces, were published as ‘Experimental statistics’ in the
latest edition of the ‘Police powers and procedures’ statistical bulletin, available
here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/751215/police-powers-procedures-mar18-hosb2418.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/751215/police-powers-procedures-mar18-hosb2418.pdf</a></p><p>The
data were collected on a mandatory basis from April 2018 and are intended for publication
in the next edition of the release, scheduled for October 2019.</p><p>However, information
on the specific offence are not collected, nor are data on cases which resulted in
a person being released under investigation.</p>

<p>The information requested is not centrally available as the Home Office only collects
data on arrests for notifiable offences, that is indictable and triable-either-way
offences that may be heard at a Crown Court. Offences under the Vagrancy Act are not
notifiable.</p>